Air. Architecture in celestial scale

Our practice focuses on studying the biographies of places, drawing lessons from the past, and reviving neglected architectural concepts. On this basis, we develop our own initiatives to envisage the future of space. We work as a duo but we often collaborate with art historians and establish partnerships with experts representing diverse fields, such as artists, scientists, activists, and performers. Together, we devise social programmes for cultural institutions, comprising field trips and exhibitions. We recognise that by altering the ideas and narratives about the city, we transform the city itself. We restored the forgotten work of Alina Sholtz, whose team rebuilt Warsaw's green spaces after the war. The exhibition 'The Clothed Home: Tuning In To The Seasonal Imagination', which explores the history of moderating indoor microclimates with textiles before the invention of air-conditioning, has been travelling since 2021. Chronobiology, the science of biological rhythms and designed discomfort, is an important aspect of our projects. As water gardeners, we demonstrate the feasibility of reintroducing hydrobotany into architecture and severing the dependence of urban water on electricity and chemicals. Following our contribution to the Venice Biennale 2018, we have pursued the concept of "Amplifying nature”, a performative architecture approach that emphasise the processual rather than objectual aspect of architecture. Instead of thinking of architecture in terms of nouns - space, house, street, city - we affirm the wealth of its verbs form, reflecting movement, change, flows, and actions. We understand different natural phenomena as components of architectural designs, their co-creators. We have wondered how our experience of working with urban wetlands, aquatic botany and vanishing atmospheric phenomena might translate into designing urban microclimates. How can thermodynamic interdependencies between various forms of life and existence build our future?